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CTV News
11-05-2025
- CTV News
Police execute search warrant in Alberta more than a year after B.C. homicide
The RCMP logo is seen in Surrey, B.C. (Darryl Dyck / The Canadian Press) Mounties investigating a homicide in B.C.'s Shuswap region are renewing their appeal for information from the public after executing a search warrant in Alberta in connection to the case this week. The B.C. RCMP's Southeast District Major Crime Unit executed a search warrant in the Auburn Bay area of Calgary on Thursday, according to a news release the unit issued Friday. Police did not share any details about what, if anything, was seized during the search. The investigation began Feb. 24, 2024, when 38-year-old Matthew Monteith was killed in a targeted shooting in Sicamous, B.C. The shooting occurred in the parking lot of the Best Western Hotel at 806 Trans-Canada Highway, police said at the time. They asked the public for help identifying a vehicle seen speeding away from the scene, and also solicited surveillance video from the area. In their update Friday, police once again asked the public to assist with their investigation. 'We're asking for anyone with information related to the circumstances of Matthew Monteith's death to contact the Southeast District Major Crime Unit,' said Staff Sgt. Jason Smart, the officer in charge of the SED MCU. 'Any information, no matter how insignificant it might seem, may be of great interest to the investigation and help to determine what led to his death.' Those with information to share are asked to call the SED MCU information line at 1-877-987-8477, police said.
Calgary Herald
10-05-2025
- Calgary Herald
Calgarians asked for assistance in Sicamous, B.C., homicide investigation
RCMP in British Columbia are asking Calgarians for help as they investigate a homicide that occurred in the Shuswap last year. Article content Article content The investigation pertains to the murder of Matthew Monteith, who was shot Feb. 24, 2024, in the parking lot of the Best Western Hotel in Sicamous, B.C., just off the Trans-Canada Highway. Article content 'The initial investigation leads us to believe this was an isolated, targeted incident and there is no ongoing risk to the public,' an RCMP news release stated at the time. Article content Article content The British Columbia RCMP's Southeast District Major Crime Unit is leading the investigation, which until Saturday, had not revealed Monteith's identity as the victim, according to a report by the Sicamous Eagle Valley News. Article content Article content RCMP previously said a black Mercedes G-Wagon was seen fleeing the scene after Monteith's murder and was last known to be travelling westbound on the Trans-Canada Highway. But few details on the case have been released since. Article content On Thursday, officers executed a residential search warrant in the southeast Calgary community of Auburn Bay in relation to Monteith's murder, Mounties said. Calgarians with information about the case are asked to contact the B.C. Southeast District Major Crime Unit Information Line at 1-877-987-8477. Article content 'We're asking for anyone with information related to the circumstances of Matthew Monteith's death to contact the Southeast District Major Crime Unit,' said Staff Sgt. Jason Smart in a B.C. RCMP news release issued on Saturday. 'Any information, no matter how insignificant it might seem, may be of great interest to the investigation and help to determine what led to his death.' Article content
Boston Globe
09-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
Practicing what they teach: Faculty work on display at the Photographic Resource Center
How about art history? It comes up at least twice. Mark Rothko's 1944 'Swirl,' in which flames appear, hangs across from Advertisement Fire, in the real world, is no friend to photographic paper (paper of any sort) or wood. Trees show up with such frequency in 'Photo/Faculty' an alternate title could be 'Photo/Forestry.' Advertisement Stephen Tourlentes, "State Prison Norco California," Stephen Tourlentes Trees are what's linear in What stands out in Matthew Monteith, "Duckpin Bowling." Matthew Monteith The sense of balance, proportion, and, for lack of a better word, rightness that With deadpan visual wit, Advertisement Alonso Nichols, "Smoketown, Corner of Breckinridge and Hancock." Alonso Nichols Wit also informs several views of viewing. Laine Rettmer and Ali Newhard's triptych, 'Fugue: Roads (74, 62, 78)' is a triptych. Matthew Monteith's 'Duckpin Bowling' plays with reflection to excellent effect. Alonso Nichols, in 'Smoketown, Corner of Breckinridge and Hancock,' puts front and center the upside-down image on a camera viewfinder. this photograph, is a very funny commentary on the image onslaught we endure or enjoy or — let's face it — both. Laine Rettmer and Ali Newhard, "Fugue: Roads (74, 62, 78)." Laine Rettmer and Ali Newhard Higher education being under assault right now — OK, all sorts of institutions are, but colleges and universities even more than most — it's worth listing the 14 schools where 'Photo/Faculty' contributors teach: Boston College, Boston University, Bridgewater State University, Emerson College, Endicott College, Harvard University, Lesley University, Massachusetts College and Art and Design, New England College, Northeastern University, Rhode Island School of Design, School of the Museum Fine Arts at Tufts University, University of Massachusetts Boston, and Wellesley College. PHOTO/FACULTY At Photographic Resource Center, VanDernoot Gallery, Lesley University College of Art and Design, 1815 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge. Through May 17. 617-975-0600, Mark Feeney can be reached at
